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Wellbeing, Space and Society
H-index 12

Wellbeing, Space and Society

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 407 42 45 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 73
Documents by Best Scientists*: 67
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 15
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.743
Impact Factor: 2.2

Top Publications

  • Suffering, Mental Health, and Psychological Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study of U.S. Adults with Chronic Health Conditions

    Richard G. Cowden;Edward B. Davis;Victor Counted;Ying Chen

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Mobility barriers and enablers and their implications for the wellbeing of disabled children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand: A cross-sectional qualitative study

    Melody Smith;Octavia Calder-Dawe;Penelope Carroll;Nicola Kayes

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Neighborhood cognitive amenities? A mixed-methods study of intellectually-stimulating places and cognitive function among older Americans

    Jessica Finlay;Wenshan Yu;Philippa Clarke;Mao Li

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • School caringscapes: Understanding how time and space shape refugee and immigrant adolescents' caring practices and wellbeing in Danish schools

    Anne Sofie Borsch;Kathrine Vitus;Morten Skovdal

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Climate anxiety as posthuman knowledge

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • Wellbeing as social care: on assemblages and the ‘commons’

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Te Ara Mua – Future Streets: can a streetscape upgrade designed to increase active travel change residents’ perceptions of neighbourhood safety?

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Inclusive and collective urban home spaces: the future of housing in Aotearoa New Zealand

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Adverse conditions for wellbeing at the neighbourhood scale in England: Potential and challenges for operationalising indicators relevant to wellbeing in and of places

    Sarah Curtis;Peter Congdon;Sarah Atkinson;Rhiannon Corcoran

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Neighbourhood natural space and the narrowing of socioeconomic inequality in children's social, emotional, and behavioural wellbeing

    (2021)
    10 Citations

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